Aug 18, 2015The three private power distribution companies (discoms) in the capital inflated their dues to be recovered from consumers by almost Rs 8,000 crore, the Comptroller and Auditor General has said in its report on the discoms and claimed that there is scope for reducing tariffs in the city.

Aug 18, 2015Electricity meters in Delhi homes could well capture the reality of the national capital's privatization of power distribution with the CAG audit pointing to an array of anomalies and exaggerations around these humble meters.

Aug 18, 2015The CAG audit has raised several questions on the way discoms have been carrying out business with many of their sister concerns, often without enough transparency, and several instances of conflict of interest.

Aug 18, 2015The CAG report indicting Delhi's three power distribution companies, BYPL, BRPL and Tata Power Delhi, for inefficiency, mismanagement and gross exaggeration of their regulatory assets comes as a major victory for the AAP government. The report effectively paves the way for reducing power tariffs without subsidies.

Jul 10, 2015Sudhir Sharma, one of the key accused in the Vyapam scam, had provided payoffs and facilities such as flight tickets to many political figures and bureaucrats between 2010 and 2013, according to an income tax assessment report.